In communities north of Denver, residents are pitching in to help teachers and administrators as the Vrain school District tries to solve a $13.8 million budget shortage blamed on mismanagement. We re worried about our teachers and principals, and we really don t want to lose them because of this, one parent sail. If we can help ease their financial burden, we will.
Teachers are grateful, but know it may be years before the district is solvent . They feel really good about the parent support, but they realize it s impossible for then to solve this problem.
The 22,000-student district discovered the shortage last month. It s extraordinary.
Nobody would have imagined something happening like this at this level, said State Treasurer Mike Coffman.
Coffman and district officials last week agreed on a state emergency plan freeing yp a $9.8 million loan that enabled the payroll to be met for 2,700 teachers and staff in time for the holidays.
District officials also took $1.7 million from student-activity accounts its 38 schools.
At Coffman s request, the District Attorney has begun investigating the district s finances. Coffman says he wants to know whether district officials hid the budget shortage until after the November election, when voters approved a $212 million bond issue for schools.
In Frederick, students parents are buying classroom supplies and offering to pay for groceries and utilities to keep first-year teachers and principals in their jobs.
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